Posts Tagged ‘American gardeners’
Eleanor Perenyi: The Wit and Wisdom of a Garden Sage
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. January 4, 1918 On this day, dear garden enthusiasts, we celebrate the birth of a true horticultural wit, the inimitable Eleanor Perenyi. This American writer and gardener, who left us in 2009 at…
Read MoreRemembering Louise Beebe Wilder: The Grande Dame of American Garden Writing
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. April 20, 1938 On this day, we commemorate the anniversary of the passing of Louise Beebe Wilder, a luminary in the world of American garden writing and one of the 20th century’s most…
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